How to Set Up SFTP Chroot Jail
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By default, users that can log in to the system via SSH, SFTP and SCP can browse the entire filesystem including other user’s directories. This may not be a problem if these users are trusted, but if you don’t want the logged in users to navigate around the system you will need to restrict user access to their home directory. This adds an extra layer of security especially on systems with multiple users.
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In this tutorial, we will explain how to setup up an SFTP Chroot Jail environment that will restrict users to their home directories. The users will have SFTP access only, SSH access will be disabled. These instructions should work for any modern Linux distribution including Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, and Fedora.
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